Day 4 since I have been at the Crash Command Center...
Day 11 since the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear issue started...
The news has moved onto Lybia... And my fear is that the world will forget. Forget the 21,000 dead or missing. Forget the 250,000 evacuees. Forget the devastation that has befallen this nation.
Four days after the Haiti quake, 120 million dollars had been donated. Four days after Japan, only 5 million... The world sees Japan as a wealthy country... but loosing everything means loosing everything. 21,000 dead or missing. 250,000 evacuees.
On another note, things are moving along quite well at CRASH. I'm still working in Volunteer Coordination.
I've been spending every evening with a group that is running supplies into Sendai everyday. We gather together at night and pray before they make their nightly run. I'm probably going with on Thursday.
There are cool stories coming back from the field. One story: One pastor drove around and picked up all his church members from their houses in his church van during the tsunami warning, and took them to the church, which was on higher ground. All of their homes were washed away, but they were all ok! CRASH was able to get them supplies, and they were super thankful, cause they have been living in the church with nothing since the tsunami. People are still getting found and rescued, amidst all the death and destruction.
It's been super cool to see how God has networked his people. Crash's media manager walks over and asks me if I can get so and so on the phone, so I pull out my cell, and BAM! I get a call from Germany later that evening, and my friend asks if I happen to know the so and so family (who are running supplies to Sendai), and I say, "yeah, I'm at their house" and pass over the phone." BAM! I've processed a ton of volunteer applications from people I know, and seen a bunch of others walk through the door here. It's totally like one big family!!!
Please keep praying for us!!!!!!!! I'm in the office processing data, trying to find people who have two ton trucks, trying to find people with licenses for the trucks, trying to find teams of volunteers in the area ready to go, trying to respond to the masses of emails we have been getting...etc. So I don't have any exciting first hand stories, but stuff is happening!!!
Please please please PLEASE keep praying and keep donating!!!!!
LOVE YOU GUYS~! <3
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